Churn



(No Model.)

- W. W. 'HINMAN.

GHURN.

N0". 504,385. Patented Sept. 5,18'93.

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Illlu UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. HINMAN, OF ELKHART, ILLINOIS.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,385, dated September 5, 1893.

I Application filed May 25,1898. Serial No. 475,401. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. HINMAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Elkhart, county of Logan, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improve} ment in Churns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in churns and has for its object to combine simplicity, durability and practical utility. I attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combination as adjusted for use. Fig. 2 is the oscillating shaft, pedal shaft and thimble for connection; Fig. 3, the bracket and guardwheel. Fig. 4 is the ratchet and ratchetwheel.

Similar letters and numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In Fig. 1, A. A. represent the back board which is fastened to the wall by means of screws.

B is a bracket cross-piece attached to A. A. near the top and of sufficient thickness to permit the frame to swing clearly (shown in Fig. 1).

O. (J. is a frame having cross bars 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. This frame is swung to board A. A. by bolt a. passing through cross-bar 5 and cross piece or bracket B and upon which it is permitted to swing as shown in Fig. 1.

D is a cream jar which rests on cross-piece l.

E is the pedal shaft passing into the cream jar and with pedals attached.

F. is the oscillating shaft which operates pedal-shaft and is connected therewith at b by thimble.

G. is a ratchet having its lower face cogged, is of one-third circle and is attached to bracket cross-piece B. by screws. The oscillating shaft F passes through cross-bar2 which acts as guard-through ratchet-wheel H. on crossbar 3, and through GIOSS-btld where it is socured by nut I as shown in Fig. l.- Ratchetwheel H is attached to oscillating bar and works by means of cogs on ratchet G. when frame 0 is moved back and forth.

Attached to cross-bar 4 on either side of ratchet-wheel H, is a V-shaped bracket J. terminating just back of and'beneath the'ratchet opposite ratchet wheel and to which is attached a small guard-wheel K which runs against back of ratchet and keeps same in gear as shown in Fig. 3.

L. L are handles attached to lower part of frame 0. Q. and by which it is operated.

c. c. c. are the pedals which may consist of any number of pairs and consist of flat pedals with oblong holes in their centers substantially as illustrated, and are so constructed that when the frame is swung back and forth the action of the oscillating bar revolves them so rapidly first in one direction, then the opposite that the cream is soon turned into butter and gathered to the center around pedal-shaft where it is found intact when done. The oscillating bar having lower end d, fiat, as shown in Fig. 2 fits in a slot e, in top of pedal-bar as shown in Fig. 2. They are then fastened by bringing thimble b which fits top of pedal-bar E, down over them and which presses them together substantially as illustrated and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A churn,comprising aback-board, abracket secured th'ereto,'a frame pivoted to the bracket and having its sides connected by a series of cross-bars, a segmental rack-bar arranged in the upper portion of the frame, a shaft carrying a pinion in mesh with the rack-bar, a pedal-bar connected with the shaft, and a bracket carrying a roller adapted to bear against the rack-bar to keep it in mesh with the pinion.

WILLIAM W. HINMAN. 

